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...fortunate. By Saturday, Egyptian search-and-rescue operations had brought 378 survivors ashore, but the likelihood that more than 1,000 others had died made the tragedy one of the worst disasters in maritime history. The catastrophe began as the Al Salam steamed from the Saudi port of Duba to Sagafa on Egypt's Red Sea coast, where collisions with treacherous coral reefs have led to previous shipping disasters. Some eyewitnesses said the fire on board may have ignited an explosion in the ship's vehicle parking bay, which occurred shortly before the vessel went down. Survivors interviewed by Time...